Reds pitchers Doug Capilla and Pedro Borbon combine on a one-hitter, stopping the Dodgers, 40. The only LA hit is Ron Cey's infield single to SS with two out in the 7th. Cey is called safe on a close and disputed play at 1B. Capilla is lifted with two on in the 8th.

IN THE NEWS:Billy Martin installs Reggie Jackson as the Yankees' regular clean-up hitter. The Yanks beat the A's 63, as Ron Guidry outpitches Vida Blue. Graig Nettles belts his 26th homer of the season. New York will win 40 of final 53 games, with Jackson contributing 13 home runs and 49 RBIs.

For the 2nd times in two years a doubleheader at the Vet goes past three a.m. The Phils top the Expos in game one, 61, in a game that starts an hour late because of the rain. A 2:27 delay in the 3rd takes its toll on the 46,664 fans in attendance. The 2nd game gets underway at 11:50 p.m. and lasts until 3:23 a.m. with the same results as game one. Lonborg and Christianson are the winners.

IN THE NEWS: For the 2nd straight day, Oakland's Manny Sanguillen foils a no-hit bid. Today's single is off the Orioles Jim Palmer, who settles for a 2-hit 60 victory. Yesterday's hit was off the Yankees Mike Torrez, who finished with a 30 two-hitter.

IN THE NEWS: The Yankees collect 15 hits, including homers by Rivers and Nettles, to swamp the Angels. 153. Dick Tidrow allows just two hits in six innings for the win.

Yaz leads the Red Sox to an 111 pasting of Seattle by collecting his 506th career double. This moves Yaz past Babe Ruth on the all time list. Boston has now defeated Seattle 10 straight times.

After taking the opener, 125, the Indians light up Milwaukee's Bill Travers for 18 hits and 14 runs to win, 145. It will be 21 years before another pitcherMike Oquist on August 3, 1998 versus the Yankeesallows 14 runs.

IN THE NEWS:Mike Torrez throws his 5th straight complete game, a 62 win over the White Sox. New York is now just four 1/2 games in back of Boston.

In a 21 win over Kansas City, Boston's Jim Rice hits a 3rd inning double and becomes the first Boston player since Ted Williams in 1939 to hit 20 homers, 20 doubles and 10 triples in a season. Between Williams and Rice, only Charlie Keller (1946), Joe DiMaggio (1948, '50) and Mickey Mantle (1955) had reached those levels.

IN THE NEWS: At Yankee Stadium, New York blows a 94 lead in the top of the 9th when Chicago scores six runs, but a two-run homer by Chris Chambliss in the bottom of the inning gives the Yankees an 1110 win.

At Montreal, the Phillies win their 13th straight a 20th century club record, beating the Expos, 75. Warren Brusstar is the winner over joe Kerrigan.

IN THE NEWS: Records fall as the Mexican League concludes its season. Ironman hurler Aurelio Lopez of the Mexico City Reds racks up his 30th save to go with a record 19 victories in relief. Veteran Tampico 1B Hector Espino hits only 14 home runs, but raises his career total to 435, a new minor league record. Thirty-eight-year-old Vic Davalillo, the league's top hitter at .384, is purchased by the Dodgers.

Montreal ends the Phillies' 13-game win streak with a bang, winning 130. Stan Bahnsen is the winner over Steve Carlton. The 13 games is a club record for this century: three times in the 19th C the club won 16 straight.

IN THE NEWS: Pittsburgh's Rennie Stennett, batting .336 for the season, breaks his right leg sliding into 2B during a 54 loss to San Francisco. He will be out for the yerar, falling 12 plate appearances short of qualifying for the batting title, won by teammate Dave Parker at .338. Stennett will never again hit higher than .244.

Graig Nettles' home run and double account for both Yankee runs in a 21 win over Texas. Ron Guidry picks up his 10th win of the year and Yankees cut the Red Sox lead to one-half game.

Tom Seaver makes his first appearance in Shea Stadium as a member of the Reds, and pitches a six hitter to beat the Mets, 51. Tom Terrific strikes out 11, has a double at the plate and scores twice.

IN THE NEWS: Behind Mickey Rivers' 5-for-5 and Torrez's 7th straight CG contributing to an 83 whipping of the White Sox, the Yanks take over first place in the American League East. With the Red Sox losing, the Yankees go ahead by a half game and will stay in first place to the end.

Dave Goltz one-hits the Red Sox to give the Twins a 70 win. Jim Rice hits a single in the 4th for the only safety.

IN THE NEWS:Catfish Hunter notches his final win of the year, an 111 four-hit victory over the Twins. New York supports Hunter with homers outages by Roy White, Mickey Rivers, Chris Chambliss and Bucky Dent.

IN THE NEWS: New York wins its 12th in 13 games when Graig Nettles triples home two runs in the 9th inning to give the Bombers a 65 win over Texas. With the Red Sox losing, the Yankees move in front by two games.

IN THE NEWS: Rangers Toby Harrah and Bump Wills hit back-to-back inside-the-park home runs on consecutive pitches off Ken Clay, highlighting an 82 win over the Yankees, only the 2nd loss for New York in 14 games. It ties the ML mark and it is the first time since 1946 that two batters have connected consecutively on IPHRs.

Dan Driessen and Johnny Bench hit back-to-back homers in the 9th inning to give the Reds a 54 win over the Phils. Tug McGraw serves up both. Driessen's homer is a line drive that hits the CF wall at Riverfront and rebounds back over Jerry Martin's head all the way to the infield for an IPHR. Bench follows with one over the LF wall.

Continuing the theme of the day, Boston DH Tommy Helms and 3B Butch Hobson hit back-to-back home runs in a 75 win over the Twins. It is the 15th time this year that Sox hitters have homered consecutively, tying a ML record. Montgomery and Scott also homer for the Hubmen.

IN THE NEWS: The Cardinals Lou Brock steals two bases in a 43 loss to the Padres. It is career steal 893 for Brock, breaking Ty Cobb's modern record.

After going to bat 1381 times without a homer, Cleveland SS Duane Kuiper clubs a Steve Stone pitch into the RF stands. When Kuiper hangs his glove and his .271 average up in 1985, he will have gone to bat 3379 times with just this one home run.

The Yankees top the Royals 53 on a 3-run pinch homer in the 8th inning by Chris Chambliss.

At Fenway, Jim Rice clubs three homersin the 2nd, 3rd, and 6th inningbut Boston loses to the Oakland A's, 87. Rice added a single in the 4th. He is the first Bosox player to hit the hat trick since Norm Zauchin on May 27, 1955.